Rudzaniis a multi-interdisciplinary performing artist, movement director, dramaturge and facilitator from South Africa. As a performer their credits include The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (South Africa), Brixton House (UK), The Roundhouse (UK), Sadler Wells (UK), Theaterformen (Germany), and ArtsCross (China). Their personal practice currently explores the body as an active archive. They began running Bodily Archives workshops at RichMix as part of PROJEKT UTOPIA’s Practice Lab programme and have since facilitated workshops at Queer Circle (UK), Summerhall (Edinburgh) and The Nest Space (South Africa).

Yasmeen is a queer Iraqi/Syrian/Assyrian performer and story-maker who works across theatre, film, and audio exploring themes of migration, displacement, and social justice using the body as the birthplace of stories. She has collaborated with artists and ensembles in the UK and internationally including WHEN FARAH CRIES by Syrian playwright Mudhar Al-Hajj (Schaubude, Berlin), the satire WELCOME TO THE UK (Bunker Theatre; The Cockpit; Home, Manchester) and the Royal Shakespeare Company's A MUSEUM IN BAGHDAD.

Agnieszka is a Polish theatre director. She has worked in Britain, Poland and across Europe for the last 17 years both as an independent artist and in collaboration with theatre companies and venues such as Wildworks, Powszechny Theatre, Soho Theatre and Theatre Bristol. In her practice Agnieszka uses a variety of forms including participatory and performative theatre exploring the boundaries of traditional drama and play. Agnieszka is an Associate Artist at Hall For Cornwall, Truro and works as a senior lecturer at Falmouth University.

Gustavo is a theatre artist working in the intersection of theatre, performance and creative projects with communities. Initially trained as an anthropologist in Brazil, he started his career in the performing arts collaborating with a street theatre company in Argentina. He relocated to the UK in 2017, where has been collaborating across different contexts: fringe/experimental theatre, professional industry, community environments and educational institutions.

Dorota is originally from Poland and now based in Canterbury. She is a member of L'Arche Kent Community where for years she animated and supported creative activities. She loves art and painting, patchwork making and other craft to express emotions. Dorota joined PROJEKT ENCOUNTER in 2022 and performed in LET YOUR HANDS SING IN THE SILENCE in 2023.

Andreea is an actor and theatre maker. Originally from Romania, she trained as an actor in France, Colombia, and Estonia. Her practice centres around the notion of diaspora. She is investigating how artistic training could better serve artists who speak more than one language or have more than one heritage. She writes and translates, and over the last few years has become interested in making multilingual work that aims to destabilise the dominance of the English language.

Yael is a dramaturg and director with over twenty years experience collaborating on new work across disciplines both nationally and internationally and curating and facilitating artist development opportunities for creatives at all stages of their journey. She was born in Israel, grew up in London and is now based in Birmingham. Yael is a recipient of the Jerwood Directors Award and was recently Programme Director of MA Collaborative Theatre Making at Rose Bruford developing new work with a cohort of international theatre makers.

Aneesha is a writer, director and researcher from Pune, India. She co-curated ARE WE THERE YET?, a festival of international art at the CLF Art Cafe in 2019. She is Resident Director at the Royal Court Theatre, where she most recently was assistant director on Bluets (2023). Aneesha has conducted workshops on coloniality and identity with the Young Vic Theatre, CSSD, Guildhall, Mountview and Part of the Main Theatre. She was on the curatorial panel for Guildhall's DISRUPT festival in 2021.